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Founded in 1976, Apax Partners, Inc. is a venture capital/private equity firm located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of London-based Apax Partners LLP

Thoma Cressey Bravo, Inc. is a private equity investment firm. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, formerly known as Thoma Cressey Equity Partners, Inc. The firm was founded in 1997.

Wilton Brands, Inc. owns and operates multiple creative consumer products companies. Its product portfolio includes food crafting, scrap booking, and other craft products. It also offers cake decorating, bakeware, tea kettles, candy making, cookie making, wedding, and seasonal products. The company was founded by Dewey McKinley Wilton in 1929 and is headquartered in Naperville, IL.

TowerBrook Capital Partners LP (TowerBrook Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1988 by Neal Moszkowski and Anthony O'Carroll. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Stonebridge Cos. is a hospitality management, ownership, and development company that specializes in building new hotels and renovating existing ones. The company is based in Denver, CO and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company's team helps properties capture incremental revenue, drive profitability, and improve overall guest experience. The company has a diverse portfolio of hotels that include full-service, extended-stay, select-service, and mid-scale hotels throughout the United States. The company's services include concept development, kitchen design, cost containment, promotional and sales programs, service training, menu design, and more. The company was founded in 1991 by Navin Dimond, who has been the CEO since then.

Wilton Industries, Inc. offers cakes, candies and hydration products. It also offers baking, cake decorating, candy making, cookie making, wedding, baby, party, and seasonal, kitchen and hydration products. The company was founded in 1929 by Wesley Wilton and is headquartered in Woodridge, IL.

Founded in 1969, CIBC World Markets Corp. is a broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. The firm provides a range of credit and capital market products, investment banking and merchant banking services in North America and worldwide. They offer a range of advisory services, as well as underwrite debt, credit and equity products for corporate, government and institutional clients. CIBC world Markets Corp. also provides equity products and services, fixed-income services, foreign exchange products and solutions, securitization and credit structuring services, as well as trades and distributes short-term debt instruments. In addition, the firm originates financial solutions including credit products for medium-sized businesses in Canada. They also provide private equity, mezzanine and bridge financing to companies in North America, Europe and Australia. The company is based in New York City

KeHE Distributors LLC provides natural and organic, specialty and gourmet, international and multicultural and fresh products. It offers product management, broad assortment and effective distribution services. The firm also offers vitamins and personal care, e-Fulfillment, gourmet nich retail, national specialty retail and export solutions. The company was founded by Art Kehe in 1952 and is headquartered in Naperville, IL.